S. 2431, Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Training Act of 2021

Congressional Budget Office

Cost Estimate

January 10, 2022

S. 2431, Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General TrainingAct of 2021

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on December 15, 2021

By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars

2022

2022-2026

2022-2031

Direct Spending (Outlays)

0

0

0

Revenues

0

0

0

Increase or Decrease (-)

0

0

0

in the Deficit

Spending Subject to

*

*

not estimated

Appropriation (Outlays)

Statutory pay-as-you-go

No

Mandate Effects

procedures apply?

Contains intergovernmental mandate?

No

Increases on-budget deficits in any

No

of the four consecutive 10-year

periods beginning in 2032?

Contains private-sector mandate?

No

* = between zero and $500,000.

S. 2431 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a training program for employees on reporting wrongdoing to the department's Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The bill would also require the OIG to transmit information on its roles and responsibilities to department employees twice per year.

VA trains employees on reporting wrongdoing to the OIG. Because VA is already completing most of the bill's requirements, any incremental costs to implement the bill would be insignificant. Those costs would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Logan Smith. The estimate was reviewed by Leo Lex, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.

See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained,www.cbo.gov/publication/54437;

How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.gov/publication/42904.